2015 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

2/23/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 940Relating to: calculating the allowable number of amendments that a municipality may make to a tax incremental district's project plan and creating an exception to certain requirements in the amendment of such a district's plan. (FE)

1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 606Relating to: calculating the allowable number of amendments that a municipality may make to a tax incremental district's project plan and creating an exception to certain requirements in the amendment of such a district's plan. (FE)

1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 623Relating to: permits issued to a state crime laboratory to possess, manufacture, or use a controlled substance.

1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 776Relating to: permits issued to a state crime laboratory to possess, manufacture, or use a controlled substance.

12/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 450Relating to: animals believed to have been involved in crimes against animals, when a stray or abandoned animal may be considered unclaimed, and a court order relating to an animal taken into or held in custody. (FE)

11/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 487Relating to: animals believed to have been involved in crimes against animals, when a stray or abandoned animal may be considered unclaimed, and a court order relating to an animal taken into or held in custody. (FE)

10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 369Relating to: prohibiting local ordinances, resolutions, and policies that prohibit immigration status inquiries and reports to, and cooperation with, other units of government about the presence of illegal aliens, authorizing certain elective officeholders to commence an enforcement action, and providing a reduction in shared revenue payments. (FE)

10/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 450Relating to: prohibiting local ordinances, resolutions, and policies that prohibit immigration status inquiries and reports to, and cooperation with, other units of government about the presence of illegal aliens, authorizing certain elective officeholders to commence an enforcement action, and providing a reduction in shared revenue payments. (FE)

9/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 344Relating to: lengthening the time during which tax increments may be allocated and expenditures for project costs may be made for Tax Incremental District Number One in the village of Weston. (FE)

9/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 257Relating to: lengthening the time during which tax increments may be allocated and expenditures for project costs may be made for Tax Incremental District Number One in the village of Weston. (FE)

5/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 227Relating to: merger of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority and, as the successor of those entities, creation of the Forward Wisconsin Development Authority, establishment of the Wisconsin housing finance fund, accounting and reporting requirements for recipients of economic development grants or loans, and making appropriations. (FE)

1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 772Relating to: consolidation of various appropriations to the Department of Workforce Development for various workforce training programs into a single appropriation to that department for workforce training, restructuring of the career and technical education incentive grant program administered by that department, and making appropriations.

1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 670Relating to: the operation of drones over state correctional institutions, the authority of political subdivisions to designate areas over which the operation of drones is limited, and providing a penalty. (FE)

1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 671Relating to: using a drone to commit a crime and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)

1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 666Relating to: administrative subpoena for investigating Internet crimes against children, creating an Internet crimes against children surcharge, and making an appropriation. (FE)

1/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 624Relating to: retaining invoices for the sale of malt beverages and intoxicating liquors and the local option for issuing liquor licenses. (FE)

12/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 622Relating to: exempting from nonresident tuition at the University of Wisconsin System certain members of the Wisconsin National Guard or a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces. (FE)

10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 77Relating to: recognizing the Order of the Arrow, which is the Boy Scouts of America's National Honor Society, on its 100th Anniversary and the significant leadership and service provided to youth and communities across Wisconsin.

10/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 429Relating to: referral of cases of suspected or threatened child abuse or neglect to the sheriff or police department, coordination of the investigation of those cases, and referral of those cases to the district attorney for criminal prosecution. (FE)

10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 385Relating to: amending various rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families governing the certification of child care operators, governing the licensing of child welfare agencies, and establishing standards for the operation of child care centers; and eliminating rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families related to retaining public assistance case records.

10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 378Relating to: the age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law, a civil law, or a municipal ordinance and who has not been charged with certain violent offenses, and has not, after previously being convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent, been charged with a crime or alleged in a complaint or citation to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance, is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction. (FE)

9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 357Relating to: throwing or expelling a bodily fluid at a prosecutor and providing a criminal penalty.

5/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 220Relating to: establishing a mandatory minimum period of confinement in prison for a person who possesses a firearm or who uses a firearm to commit certain crimes after being convicted of committing certain violent felonies, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)

5/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 210Relating to: an additional local sales and use tax for maintenance of streets and highways and making an appropriation. (FE)

5/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 32Relating to: honoring the life and contributions of former Secretary of Administration and Chairman of the BMO Harris Bradley Center, Marc Marotta.

5/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 33Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team on its 2014-15 basketball season, reaching the NCAA Final Four, and making it to the NCAA Championship Game.

3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 80Relating to: review by state agencies of administrative rules and enactments and an expedited process for repealing rules an agency no longer has the authority to promulgate. (FE)

3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 73Relating to: changing the conditions under which a city or village may require the Department of Revenue to redetermine the value of the tax incremental base of a tax incremental district that is in a decrement situation. (FE)

2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 37Relating to: requiring certain persons to hold certificates of food protection practices in order to operate certain school lunchrooms participating in the National School Lunch Program. (FE)

2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 38Relating to: the issuance of retail alcohol beverage licenses for premises on which another business is conducted and the presence of underage persons on premises operating under a retail alcohol beverage license. (FE)

2/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 10Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Football National Championship title.

1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 596Relating to: consolidation of various appropriations to the Department of Workforce Development for various workforce training programs into a single appropriation to that department for workforce training, restructuring of the career and technical education incentive grant program administered by that department, and making appropriations.

1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 81Relating to: proclaiming Friday, February 5, 2016, to be National Wear Red Day in recognition of heart disease awareness and prevention.

1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 505Relating to: exempting from nonresident tuition at the University of Wisconsin System certain members of the Wisconsin National Guard or a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces. (FE)

1/5/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 497Relating to: using a drone to commit a crime and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)

1/5/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 498Relating to: the operation of drones over state correctional institutions, the authority of political subdivisions to designate areas over which the operation of drones is limited, and providing a penalty. (FE)

12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 483Relating to: a grant program to support creative industries, job creation, or economic development in this state and making an appropriation. (FE)

12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 474Relating to: grants to support donation of farm and food products to food banks and making an appropriation. (FE)

10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 66Relating to: recognizing the Order of the Arrow, which is the Boy Scouts of America's National Honor Society, on its 100th Anniversary and the significant leadership and service provided to youth and communities across Wisconsin.

10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 325Relating to: repeated acts of physical abuse of the same child and providing a criminal penalty.

10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 326Relating to: referral of cases of suspected or threatened child abuse or neglect to the sheriff or police department, coordination of the investigation of those cases, and referral of those cases to the district attorney for criminal prosecution. (FE)

10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 304Relating to: amending various rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families governing the certification of child care operators, governing the licensing of child welfare agencies, and establishing standards for the operation of child care centers; and eliminating rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families related to retaining public assistance case records.

9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 280Relating to: the age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law, a civil law, or a municipal ordinance and who has not been charged with certain violent offenses, and has not, after previously being convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent, been charged with a crime or alleged in a complaint or citation to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance, is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction. (FE)

5/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 148Relating to: merger of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority and, as the successor of those entities, creation of the Forward Wisconsin Development Authority, establishment of the Wisconsin housing finance fund, accounting and reporting requirements for recipients of economic development grants or loans, and making appropriations. (FE)

3/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 70Relating to: off-duty law enforcement officers and former law enforcement officers going armed with firearms on or near school grounds.

3/4/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 64Relating to: changing the conditions under which a city or village may require the Department of Revenue to redetermine the value of the tax incremental base of a tax incremental district that is in a decrement situation. (FE)

2/13/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 34Relating to: requiring certain persons to hold certificates of food protection practices in order to operate certain school lunchrooms participating in the National School Lunch Program. (FE)

2/13/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 37Relating to: the issuance of retail alcohol beverage licenses for premises on which another business is conducted and the presence of underage persons on premises operating under a retail alcohol beverage license. (FE)